Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-05-10
sULFILMENr OF A DREAM,

| was out walking one day with M,
friend, Henry Wilson. when, turning
Suddenly to me, he said,-
| "Eastes, do you believe in drcams7'
i at depends upon what you meat
by believing in dreams," l answered
II believe that people have dreams
but l don't believe, as SEINE say, thai
one can tell the future by dreams
Some say that dreams go by contra.
ries, but / don't believe that. either.
| don't think that dreams have any.
thing to do with what Is going to
happen"
II hope you are right" he said ear
nestly. "for had horrible dream, or
rather nightmare, last hight.
dreamed that should die to-day"
"Well," l remarked, 81 hope you
don't believe that"
We walked on in silence for some
time, but Wilson began again.
81 should not have paid any atten
ton to my dream last night, only l
dreamed it three times, and each time
the dream was more vivid than be-
fore"
II believe in cause and effect"
answered. perhaps you ate an in
digestible supper last evening"
Wilson did not seem to appreciate
having supper mentioned as the cause
of his bad night, and SO did not deign
to take the slightest notice Of my last |
remark.
Well. we walked on. Other topics
were discussed, and we both seemed
to have forgotten all about Wilson 8 |
dream of the night before. After we
had walked on for some distance we
came to town. in which lived some |
people whom | wanted to call on.
They were old friends OF the family,
and quite unknown to Henry Wilson,
so / said.
"Wilson, l have to call on some
frieuds in this town, would you like to
come with me, or would you rather
wait for me?"
slow long will you be?" he asked.
at is some little distance 10 my
friends house." l replied. 81 don't
think could be back in less than an
hour and half"
I'm tell you what III do. I'll take
\ boat and 60 on the river" he said,
and III be here again in an hour and
| half, and then we will walk back to-
yether."
The river flowed through the town,
md Wilson proposed rowing away
rom the town.
"very WE'LL" returned, and SET off
o find my friends.
l had seen my friends and was re-
urning to the place at which we
agreed to meet, when l saw that the
meeting place was surrounded by a
mall crowd OF people. AS approach
I'd | wondered what could be the mat
er; surely it could not he anything
with Wilson's dream. l put
hat thought out of my mind in an in
tant as being absurd. | thought it!
Vas rather bother that this crowd {
hould have assembled around the par Il
ocular spot at which we had agreed to
meet.
l asked what the matter was. The
I'D man who lets out the boats told me. !
What it meant. He replied: II
"There'sa gentleman drowned" Ii
"Where was he drowned?" | asked. {
Gle was drowned there" he said, {
'ointng to rather dangerous part of ,
he river. "Hc was found only ten {
minutes ago." Ii
"Wherc is he now?" inquired. "
ale is lying there" he said. a
AS | knew that Wilson had gone | 4
ut boating. and as somebody had been
)und dead in that part of the river in
1h'ch he was boating, l could not re- 3
ress a shudder at the thought of who
he poor gentleman lying dead in the q
oat-honsc might be. l went into the =
oat house and saw the body. 1t was (
lie body of my friend, Henry Wilson. e
! have simply stated facts. do not b
~ that Wilson's dream was a fore 4
ladowing of the death which was to /,
.eet him during the day. but do say =
lat if his dream did not foretell his i,
cath, it is the most extraordinary CO. /.
cidence that has has eyer come with II
my experience. RI